Statistical Analysis of Cricket Agility Training Program Outcomes

This report presents a statistical analysis of a study investigating the impact of a proprioceptive training program on the agility of Hong Kong national first-team cricket players. The research utilized IBM SPSS statistical software to analyze pre- and post-training data from agility and balance tests, including the Illinois test and Y-Balance Test (YBT). The analysis, employing paired t-tests and non-parametric tests, revealed significant improvements in agility, particularly in the Illinois test, indicating a positive correlation between pre- and post-test results. The YBT also showed enhanced agility post-training. The study concludes that proprioceptive core training is effective in improving core endurance, which is vital for optimizing performance and preventing cricket injuries. Recommendations include incorporating flexibility and core training with Swiss balls to maximize muscle activation. The report emphasizes the importance of further research to explore training session details and the influence of training timing on program effectiveness, providing valuable insights for enhancing training procedures for the Hong Kong national cricket team. The study also found no significant difference between pre and post-test in balance scores, suggesting that lumbar strengthening programs may not be effective in treating low back pain.

Chapter 5: Discussion
In order to investigate the given study and analyse the outcomes of proprioceptive
training program on agility in Hong Kong national first-team cricket players, IBM SPSS
statistical Base 24.0 software has been used by researchers (Soomro and et. al., 2016). This
statistical test provided more effective and reliable information that helps in checking viability of
result. Here, data has been expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD), where main purposes of
conducting statistical analysis is to test the viability on the basis of pre-test and post-test that
whether training improves the agility of cricket players or not. The data of both agility tests and
balance tests have been passed the tests of normality and parametric tests, which are used for
analysing information that had not pass the test of normality non parametric test (Atalay,
Tarakci and Algun, 2018). Here, for testing the viability of Paired T test / Wilcoxon Signed Rank
Test has been done.
Descriptive Statistics
This test states that right leg of cricketers aid to cover longer distance as compared to left
side therefore, agility test has shown that there is much improvement on average of results.
Statistics of Balance Test - Y-Balance Test (YBT) by Non-Parametric Test
For measuring the effectiveness of training proprioceptive training on agility in Hong
Kong national first-team cricket players, YBT test has been used by project team of present study
(Kim and Park, 2016). As per this test, it has been analysed that there is a significant
improvement in agility of national cricket players after getting proprioceptive training.

Statistics by Illinois test by parametric test
It has been evaluated through Illinois parametric test that however, there is a significant
improvement in agility of cricketers after proprioceptive of core training, between pre-test and
post-test. So, as per perception of Pote and Christie (2018), it has been analysed that there is a
rapid improvement in agility because both pre-illinois and post-illinois are positively correlated.
Pre-Test
Mean ±
SD
Post-Test
Mean
±SD
Post-Pre
Mean
±SD
Correlati
on
(r)
T
value
df Sig.
(2tailed)
Illinois
test
15.9 ±
0.48
15.5±
0.28
0.40
±0.31
0.80 3.204 5 0.024
Conclusion
It has been concluded from this overall discussion that statistical analysis helps in
understanding the effectiveness of training program more appropriately. As compared with
traditional research methodologies like questionnaire and interview techniques, statistical test
measures the viability of result more appropriately (Ravier and & et. al., 2018). Here, in present
research YBT test has proven that by concerning on importance of developing agilities,
proprioceptive training aid cricketers in enhancing their abilities required to optimise
performance and prevent from cricket injuries. In this regard, neuromuscular training should be
provided in flexible manner to cricket team players which helps in preventing them from

injuries. This exercise provides perturbation as well as challenge to the neuromuscular control of
the trunk which helps in reducing the chance of injuries to trainees. Along with this, it has been
proven through the test of BST, that neither proprioceptive nor 1proprioceptive training program
create a significance difference between pre ad post-test. It states that there is no improvement in
low back pain due to any lumbar strengthening program (Wright and Atkinson, 2019). Therefore,
concerning on combination of lumbar stabilization exercises should be used for better functional
outcome.
Recommendation
In order to increase the effectiveness of training program for cricket team players, it has
been recommended to trainers concern on providing flexibilities during exercise, then there will
be high result obtained in reducing the risk of cricket injuries. It is also recommended to perform
core training on Swiss ball to maximize the activation of the core muscles which may improve
core endurance and neuromuscular control at the same time. To conclude, the results obtained in
this study showed that the proprioceptive core training program is effective in improving core
endurance but not balance and it may be useful for preventing the risks of cricket injuries for
cricketers.
Areas of further research
Since the major limitation of this study is not getting appropriate information due to
confidently where all the players were following proprioceptive training program. Therefore,
researchers of present study need to conduct further investigation on exploring the details of
core training session, including the unpredicted physical condition during each session. As
training time is generally start during noon which may lead to create more tiredness on physical
and mental state of trainees. Therefore, investigation must go in this direction also to evaluate if
timing of trainings decreases the effectiveness of training program or not. This would aid to
provide more efficient recommendation to trainees who are providing training to national
cricket team of Hong Kong in improving their training program procedures.

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